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071463P.pdf   01/11/2008  Sherryl Snodgrass  v.  Elizabeth Robinson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-1463
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit
   Judges]
   Prisoner case - Prisoner civil rights. Application of statutes changing
   the frequency of applications for commutations did not create an ex post
   facto or due process violation as commutation is wholly discretionary
   with the governor; an Iowa prisoner has no liberty interest in
   commutations.